Accepting hospice care: Issues for the African American community

Smith College Studies in Social Work

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 377-384

  Elioff, Char ^a  

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EID: 0141887272     PISSN: 00377317     EISSN: 15530426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00377310309517691     Document Type: Article

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